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Lot 119*

A 54-Bore Breech-Loading Air Cane
Signed G.E. Lewis, Birmingham, Circa 1870

11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £250 inc. premium

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A 54-Bore Breech-Loading Air Cane
Signed G.E. Lewis, Birmingham, Circa 1870

In two sections painted black (minor chips), the sighted lower section with button trigger and aperture for cocking-key, the muzzle with threaded brass cap and brass-tipped ramrod (rifled barrel sleeve missing), the signed upper section forming the reservoir and with knob-shaped dark horn handle
47 cm. barrel

Footnotes

George Edward Lewis is recorded at 32-33 Lower Loveday Street, Birmingham, between 1859 and 1900

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